Asus M5A97 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121107
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 05:01
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 97.5 50% 76.4 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 227 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 239 15% 239 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 2553) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 36.8 21% 32.4 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 23.2 21% 25.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 119 130 114 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 86.5 Write 124 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 128 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 1.3 321% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 176%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 690GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 77 76 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 67 Write 50.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 77.4 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 203GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 31 31 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 27 Mixed 26 SusWrite 30.8 39% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 4x4GB 490 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	644x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	118x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	85x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	83x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

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Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16